Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species - Brossura

Carroll, Dr. Sean B.

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ISBN 10: 0547247788 ISBN 13: 9780547247786

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2009

Riassunto

An award-winning biologist takes us on the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet.

 

Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species’ history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. In the tradition of The Microbe Hunters and Gods, Graves, and Scholars, Sean Carroll leads a rousing voyage that recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of natural history: from Darwin’s trip around the world to Charles Walcott’s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey’s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA.

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Recensione

"These scientific adventurers inspire the author—and will do the same for experts and novices alike—with their fearless dedication to getting at the truth, as far as it can be known. A stirring introduction to the wonder of evolutionary biology." --Kirkus Review, 12/15/08

National Book Award Finalist

The Economist Best Book of the Year

Amazon.com Top Ten Science Books of 2009 

"These 'remarkable creatures' are in fact the pioneering naturalists whose dramatic discoveries fleshed out Darwin’s theory. Carroll gives us voyages, expeditions, obstacles and what drives the passions of scientists." - Scientific American

"Darwin wasn't the only scientist to hit the high seas. Carroll chronicles his own journey alongside other voyages of discovery that helped evolve the study of evolution . . . Carroll, a leading biologist, is one of the high priests of evo devo (evolutionary developmental biology), a field that's been revolutionizing our understanding of why we are the way we are." - Wired

L'autore

SEAN B. CARROLL is professor of molecular biology and genetics and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of The Making of the Fittest and Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a best science book of the year in Discover magazine and USA Today.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0547247788
• ISBN 13: 9780547247786
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 352